Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Accel 3

eh to.....

Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Accel 3 is a continuation for the Narutimate Series, which was originally for PS2, but somehow, the third one ended up in the PSP, to make things worst, the last Narutimate Series for PSP ended at 2 (the Mugenjo)... And to add to that lot of problem is that Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Accel 1 & 2 are named Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 4 & 5 respectively, so I have no idea whether Accel 3 is a continuation of the PS2 series or the PSP series...

ah well, anyway, this is the first game in the series to feature all the Akatsuki Members (sans a few Pains), and Taka, or rather Hebi. It features the largest collection of characters ever...including 2 extra "new" characters, Gakuen Naruto and Gakuen Sasuke, yup, they are in school uniform as shown in Naruto Shippuden Ed2...

The Story Mode in this game features several "arcs", first of which is Homecoming Arc, followed by Kazekage Retrieval, Team 7 Reunion and Zombie Brothers arc, next is a original Mystery Clan arc from the view of Naruto, and then Hebi formation Arc followed by Sasuke meets the Mystery Clan. Funny how Sasuke and Naruto were working together to fight the main antagonist.

One difference from the older PSP games(I never played the PS2) is the "running" missions as compared to the traditional fighting missions...It look a lot like the Ninja Council series. None of the "teams" formation and special skills are present.... However, now there can be up to 2v2 fighting style, or even 1v3 if you feel you're good... And you can choose the skill(like how you choose the ultis in the PS2 versions) you want, and you can only have 1 skill instead of two fixed of the older versions...

Of the characters, my favourite is Itachi, his amateratsu is kick ass, Minato speed is also kickass, especially so in his "awaken" mode, talking of which, this is a new gameplay addition where the players can awaken themselves and fight at higher speed/attack stuff like that, and in some cases, unlock new skill...like Kakashi using Kamui after awakening...

Pain is just dumb...and he takes up 3 character slot...their ultis are the same, skills are just a difference of one...only major difference are their move sets, so of the 3, i think Deva Pain is the weakest...seriously... i was hoping for one of his skill to be the 3 pull, push thingie as shown in the manga, no deal....

ah well, overall, nice gameplay, a newer feel, newer things to explore, more characters, more skills, kinda same graphics, cant tell if they did upgrade it or not, so overall, i think Im gonna give a 7.5/10 rating for this game. Owing to the fact of some imbalances in the character rooster....

Jay Chou - Superman Can't Fly

This is the 11th song of Jay Chou's new album The Era and is one of the first whose MV I have watched... This song is really meaningful, compared to a lot of crap western songs which made me turned of the radio =.= It mainly details some the pressure of being a celebrity, in short, Jay Chou's own stress...

From lyrics such as
"我不知道何时便成了社会的那板样"
I dont know since when I became society's role model

"CNN能不能等英文好一点再访"
Can CNN interview me after my english gets a bit better

"时代杂志封面能不能重拍"
Can I reshoot my cover photo for the Times magazine cover page

"要控制饮食不然就跟杜莎夫人蜡像的我不像（本来就不像）"
must control my diet or else I wouldnt look like Madame Tassuad's wax model "me" (didnt look like me in the first place)

I lol-ed at that one...

and video scenes like the "superhero" guy helping other people with day to day stuff...going so far as to risk his life for a dog...

there was one thing I almost laugh at when I realise it....
"开的车不能太好 住的楼不能太高"
cant drive a luxurious car, and cant live to high up ("penthouse")

but in the video, Jay's car was a "batmobile" whereas the "superhero" guy seemed to live in a penthouse, seeing how high it was, the glass "walls", and the spaciousness of the place, I mean, where else can you find a place to lay out your super hero costume side by side on a long table then in a spacious place?

Manga...(Becoz Im too lazy to look at which chapter it is)

So lets leave the crap and get on to business

Bleach - I have no idea what's this chapter for. It would seem to serve no purpose, aside from taunts from Aizen and Gin. Seriously, there is nothing there except Aizen taunting Isshin, Urahara and Yoruichi, then Gin crapping about how he doesnt want to fight, and then fights anyway. This chapter's one saving grace, I think, maybe Kira and Matsumoto's small part in it...

One Piece - Ah hah, Sabo is a noble's son, a penniless noble, i think, who is suppose to marry another noble to get some money. I thought this kind of role were usually for female characters... =.= and after that other noble from D.Grayman, marrying a merchant's daughter for money, i guess it can work. And doesnt Sabo sounds like Sabotage?? =.= oh well...so he is one of Luffy's brother then, along with Ace... What happened to him? I hope he became a pirate as well, but i think that hope is futile though...

Naruto - the way Naruto defeated Dark Naruto is L-A-M-E lame... Suffice to say, he defeated him with a hug. But at least it saved us a few weeks worth of action, although that can be bad in a way, but i think Naruto's training will be more interesting...WAY more interesting...

aRTHaS: Rise of the Lich King

Surprise, surprise, I finished it...quite a long time ago...serious, I even finished reading the Cycle of Hatred I er..bocoughdownloadedcoughught

well, except for the earlier parts detailing the childhood of Arthas, and the few Interludes here and there plus the Prologue and Epilogue, and a few scenes here and other, mainly of Arthas and Jaina's relationship + some of Invincible's story, the entire thing is a cut and paste from Wc3 Reign of Chaos and Frozen Throne... Seriously, the words are even the same, when I read and played the campaign (with the help of whosyourdaddy), it was like I was playing Lord of the Clans or Day of the Dragon fan-made campaigns...seriously...

and I thought I would get some "new" stuff about Arthas, ends up I just wasted 2 weeks worth of lunch money on this book...but I wouldnt say I regret it, its interesting to see the campaigns put into words for one...and the internal struggle of Arthas is always nice to read about, though that is just the Epilogue...

Several characters in the campaign seemed to be missing, some Paladins protecting Terenas' Urn have disappeared. And I just realized that Arthas killed Gavinrad and Uther, two of the five Founding Paladins in the same day, or at least in the same mission...

So overall, I would rate the book 6/10, mainly due to it being a lite read, since the vocab and sentence structure is simple as Lord of the Clans, since they are after all from the same author, adding into the fact that playing the campaign along while reading the book adds in a good feel...

Mangas and Mangas

I guess i owe all fateful readers (no matter how few there are) an apology due to my unannounced absence for two weeks, which is mainly caused by my stupid assignment...note it's singular, and lousy internet connections for the past 2 weeks...so here are 2 weeks worth of manga thoughts

BLEACH - super duper predictable. Urahara blasts Aizen with a few Bakudo followed by a Hado, and apparently a sort of restriction to Aizen's chakra flow that does no damage watsoever...followed the following week by Yoruichi, i think in Shunko mode, or maybe those armor thingie is her shikai?, bashing Aizen and causing no damage =.= however, it does seem that Isshin has been working with Urahara, all they have some sort of natural synchronization...

ONE PIECE - some lame story about Luffy and Ace's childhood, how Luffy got Ace to accept him as a friend. Apparently Ace is some sort of "child thief" and steals bunch of treasures from others, kinda reminds me of Nami. I wondered wat happened to this friend of them Sabo-orwateverhisnameis. Maybe he was the guy tat Blackbeard killed? Cant recall at the moment, but I think it was some guy called Thatch, so I guess not....

NARUTO - and here I was expecting some cool action of Naruto vs Naruto, ends out nothing much, and there's a summary of Bee's younger days, which in a way is the mirror image of Naruto's childhood. And I guess Motoi represents the Sasuke of Bee... Just a feeling... Maybe he may be the secret to getting Sasuke back from the clutches of Madara, but somehow I doubt so... Where did Sasuke go anyway? And Karin?? I thought at least she would have more "screen time" owing to the fact that I think she would slowly come to realize who Naruto is and add in some more competition for Hinata. Talking of her, where did she go anyway? the Rookie Nine + Team Guy seems to be missing lately....is like their roles are taken over by Sai...=.=

A Day Out....

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Okie-dokie, here I begin my rambling...

First off, me and my sises (=.=) went to the PC Fair at the Car Park....yup, the Multistory Car Park, amazing, I know... Met several friends and acquaintances and several more faces without a name...mostly people from Swinburne...got myself a new PENDRIVE!!!! woots, since I loss my last one at the lab....=.= I aimed for a 2gb, but ended up getting a 4gb, pinkish purplish coloured pendrive....it was the only color left other that a bright, optimistic, look-at-me, yellow-colored pendrive which I refuse to buy....and here's the sickish colored one...I couldnt find a picture of the one I got...

Next off, we went to the Hills, and played the "gashapon" at Toys' R Us, and I got a Chopper...X3, walking point though....i wished it was Brain Point...oh well, also got myself a new book, aRTHaS: Rise of the Lich King....

Arthas is after all my favourite character in WoW, and possibly only next to Matrim Cauthon of Wheel of Time as the Most favorite character of a fantasy genre....ah well, time to get some anime watched and book read....